What you need to know about setting off fireworks in DC

From the website of the Metropolitan Police Department:

Whether you're celebrating Independence Day or the New Year, a backyard barbecue or other family occasion, it is important to understand the laws regulating fireworks use in the District of Columbia. Find out what fireworks are permitted and prohibited in DC.

Prohibited

Article 27, DC Register, F-2700.1.1: The manufacture, storage, display, sale, setting off, or discharge of any firework listed below is prohibited in the District of Columbia.

Any firework having a side fuse, or a fuse inserted at any point along the length of the firework

Any firework found by the code official to be dangerous to the safety of persons or property

Permitted

Article 27, District of Columbia Register, F-2700.1.2): The fireworks listed below are permitted to be stored, displayed, sold, delivered, used, and possessed in accordance with the provisions of this article.

Any firework specifically excepted in this article

Toy paper caps containing not more than twenty-five hundredths (0.25) of a grain of explosive composition per cap